Do You Wear Your Engagement Ring on Job Interviews? Maybe You Shouldn't! (Or Is This Total B.S.?)

"Please remove your giant diamond rings. I work at a nonprofit and when I interview someone who is sporting a huge diamond, I immediately deduct points from that person. I talked about this with some of my colleagues today, and they feel the same way. It's just an unnecessary risk."

It turns out the original poster works for a nonprofit that helps women and children suffering from the effects of the conflict diamond trade. So okay, maybe don't be overly flashy on that interview.

But even then, it seems a little bullshit-y. Just because someone's wearing a diamond, that doesn't mean it's a blood diamond. As I've mentioned, thanks to something called The Kimberley Process, diamonds sold through major retailers in the U.S. are generally conflict-free. Plus, the ring could be a family heirloom. It seems weird to assume that any diamond is a blood diamond. And even if an interviewee's fingers are diamond-less, who's to say her business suit wasn't made by children in a sweatshop? Or what if she drove to the interview in a gas-guzzling monster SUV? And if we're judging based on diamonds in engagement rings, it seems we're putting women at a distinct disadvantage, since men generally don't wear diamond engagement rings. (Or are interviewers going to start asking, "Sir, can you tell me about the engagement ring you bought your wife?")

I guess you could argue that by wearing any diamond, a person is supporting a potentially corrupt industry—but that seems like an awfully slippery slope.

"Unfortunately, it could be perceived as, this person doesn't really need this job," Karen Katz, a principal with Forum, one of the largest executive search firms in New York City, told The Huffington Post. "If they've got a ring that size, they don't need this job.'"

And "a ring that size" can mean different things to different people. Your modest solitaire might seem huge to the person interviewing you—it's a matter of perception.

And here's something I worried about: If I wore my engagement ring on a job interview, people might have (rightfully) assumed that I was getting married soon. And if I was getting married soon, they might have (wrongfully) assumed that I would be pregnant soon after. Of course it's illegal to discriminate against a job applicant who could potentially be pregnant in the near future—but I always wondered if that crossed people's minds.

Given all of the above, will you wear your engagement ring on your next job interview?